Google Analytics for Ruby on Rails
This gem helps with Google Analytics tracking. It supports Turbolinks 5.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'google_analytics_rails'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Add the following to your application.js file:
//= require google_analytics
Set GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID evironment variable.
You can add dotenv-rails gem to set it using .env file. The file should look like this:
GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID=UA-123456-1
If you don't want to use environment variable you can create initializer
config/initializers/google_analytics_rails.rb containing:
GoogleAnalyticsRails.google_analytics_id = "YOUR GOOGLE ANALYTICS ID"
After that add this line to <head> in your layouts:
<%= google_analytics_meta_tag %>
Make sure you add it before stylesheet_link_tag and javascript_include_tag.
It will contain the meta tag with the ID you've set so it can be used from google_analytics.coffee file.
Contributing
If you find any bug or have an idea for improvement please create new PR or issue.
License
google_analytics_rails gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to @reed for tutorials:
http://reed.github.io/turbolinks-compatibility/google_analytics.html
http://reed.github.io/turbolinks-compatibility/google_universal_analytics.html